Machu Picchu

A fortress city of the ancient
Incas,
in a high saddle between two peaks circa 50 miles (80 km) NW of Cuzco,
Peru. The extraordinary pre-Columbian ruin, 5 sq. Miles (18 sq. Km.) of
terraced stonework link by 3,000 steps; it was virtually intact when
discovered
by Hiram Bingham in 1911.

Machupijchu

prologue

"After almost four hours by
train, on one of
the most impressive and spectacular stretches in the world, from high,
cold early morning plains down to lush vegetation in the
frequently
suffocating late morning heat, one arrives at the foot of the mountain
Machupijchu. Then the eight kilometer road of thirteen zigzag hairpins
in an acrobatic bus takes us up the mountain, and one arrives at the
hotel.
From here, it is only a few steps and the city opens itself. ..."

"To visit
Machupijchu,
you must prepare the soul, sharpen the senses. Forget for some minutes,
the small and transcendental problems of our lives, of modern... man..."

MacHu
Picchu by Barry Brukoff (Photographer), et
al . Machu Picchu, one of those talismanic places that everyone dreams
of visiting, is celebrated here in the visually stunning photography
of
Barry Brukoff that evokes the mystery and spiritual atmosphere of this
sacred lost city. Interwoven with the images is Pablo Neruda's epic
poem
"Heights of Machu Picchu" that has been described as "one of Neruda's
greatest
poetic works." The book is a bilingual edition: a sparkling new English
translation of Neruda's poem by noted translator Stephen Kessler runs
side
by side with the original Spanish.